Diane Clancy’s Art Blog

Sharla of the Beaded Tail Blog has created a lovely list of Friday Features.  It is a lovely set of items from several artists and artisans. Each image links to that item to purchase and with a link to contact the creator of the product.  I am delighted to be included in this list!  Here is this post with Friday Features. I am glad she is inspired by my work! Thank you!

Beaded Tail Friday Features

Here is this vibrant, colorful painting of Lady in Flowers gracing this Friday Features – she can be found in several shops and items – from Art Cards, ACEOs to mugs to tiles to buttons to magnets … you are sure to find Lady in a gift that you will want to get for yourself or for someone special on your list.

My Painting on Beaded Tail Friday Features

Here is Lady in Flowers Button at My Zazzle!

Thank you, Sharla for including me!!

You may want to enter my One World One Heart Giveaway – here is the post – it is a free prize with free shipping anywhere in the world.  This is a worldwide event – details are in this post. Thank YOU for stopping by and reading my blog.

~ Diane Clancy

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Fish Hawk of As the Crackerhead Crumbles has created a lovely list of Christmas Gift Sites to See.  It is a lovely set of items from several artists and artisans. Each image links to that item to purchase and with a link to contact the creator of the product.  I am delighted to be included in this list!  Here is this post with  Christmas Gift Sites to See. I am glad he is inspired by my work! Thank you!

Crackerhead Christmas Gift Sites to See

Here is this vibrant, colorful painting of Lady in Flowers gracing this Christmas Gift Sites to See – she can be found in several shops and items – from Art Cards, ACEOs to mugs to tiles to buttons to magnets … you are sure to find Lady in a gift that you will want to get for yourself or for someone special on your list.

My Painting on Crackerhead Christmas Gift Sites to See

Here is Lady in Flowers Button at My Zazzle!

Lady in Flowers Button – Brittany Spaniel by dianeclancyart
Buy a personalized buttons on zazzle

Thank you, Fish Hawk for including me!! Thank YOU for stopping by and reading my blog.  Hope your days are going well and you and your family are enjoying this season!

~ Diane Clancy

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The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

Design Style Guide Giveaway #5

They are having a series of giveaways – the current one with Diane Clancy (yes, ME!!) at Etsy and 1000 Markets.  This is a free giveaway and I encourage you to join in and see if you can win!!  The Giveaway is through October 20 – so join in today!!  Here are the details about the giveaway on the Design Style Blog.  You know my art – I encourage to go join in the giveaway. Here are my shops Diane’s Etsy shop and Diane’s 1000 Markets Shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of you wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

I am adding new things every day to my shops – I am getting back in the flow – so keep checking to see which one YOU want to take home!! Thank you!

~ Diane Clancy

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Yesterday I wrote a post asking Which Mug Do You Prefer? I showed two mugs that I created – one at CafePress and one at Zazzle and asked which people preferred.  More questions also came up from this post .. so I thought I would do another show and tell.  Further down are the links to the earlier parts of this ongoing series about marketing.

Freckles in Flowers II, Digital © Diane Clancy

This is the original image that I have started with – one of my vibrant, colorful paintings.  It is a photograph of my best kitty that then I have digitally enhanced. Felicia Kramer asked “Question: did you do anything different when you submitted your artwork to the sites or was it basically identical?”   This is a fantastic question, Felicia, because I did do something very different.

Freckles in Flowers II CafePress Mug Template, Digital © Diane Clancy

CafePress and Zazzle each have templates that you can download so you can make sure you are prepping your files correctly to make your work come out great!  The first picture above is the template for the mug at CafePress … so you can see that I have put 2 sets of images there to be placed on the mug.  Most people only put one image so I thought putting 2 images was very creative!

Freckles in Flowers II Zazzle Mug Template, Digital © Diane Clancy

When I started at Zazzle – quite a bit later – I realized that I wanted people to be able to see my lovely kitty, Freckles, even more clearly – so I can up with using the image 3 times.  So this is one big difference.  I want to emphasize that the templates to begin with are not identical.

But there are a couple of other differences also.  The size of the 2 mugs are different …. I forget which is larger … but the image sits on the mug in various ways …you can see that from the pictures from yesterday’s post – there are links there to the actual mugs.  It looks like there is a lid to the Zazzle mug – I am not sure.  And obviously, Zazzle markets their mugs in an unusual way …  CafePress has the photo of the mug straight on – but Zazzle is at an angle and I think it is a very creative way to show a mug.

Awhile ago were Part I,  Part II, Part III, Part IVraman amplifier, Part V, Part VI,  Part VII and Part VIII in this art marketing series – this is all in response to Sue O’Kieffe of Sacred Circle Mandalas (http://sacred-circle-mandalas.blogspot.com) who recently wrote me “i am curious to know out of all the ways you sell your art, which is the most profitable for you and which is the most enjoyable?” I have been getting some good feedback from various people that this is being helpful to them.  There are a lot of details in all theses other posts too.

I welcome hearing from others what your experiences and thoughts are!!  We may differ for sure!  I hope that we can help each other know the strengths of each shop.  Please feel free to ask questions to get more information – I am glad to share what I can and so are others! … thanks for coming by!!

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This is the Freckles in Flowers II Mug from my Zazzle shop – I am thrilled that 2 people have bought it in the last month …  from my Zazzle shop (http://zazzle.com/dianeclancyart).  At the bottom of this post is another hint of selling and buying from CafePress vs Zazzle.

Freckles in Flowers II Mug at Zazzle © Diane Clancy

You can see that it is different from my Freckles in Flowers II Mug from my CafePress shop (http://cafepress.com/dianeclancy).

Freckles in Flowers II Mug at CafePress © Diane Clancy

It is so interesting to me to have such different looking mugs – yet both starting with the same image …  To make things even more fun, at Zazzle you can choose lots of other styles of mugs before you check out – all with the same image … go check it out.

At CafePress, you can also get the same vibrant colorful painting on different mugs – but I have to prepare those other mugs for you – you yourself can’t just chose the other variations for yourself … this is one of the things in favor of Zazzle.  Which of these 2 mugs do you prefer?  Thank you for being in my life!!

~ Diane Clancy

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Yesterday was Part I in response to Sue O’Kieffe of Sacred Circle Mandalas (http://sacred-circle-mandalas.blogspot.com) who recently wrote me “i am curious to know out of all the ways you sell your art, which is the most profitable for you and which is the most enjoyable?”

What a great question, Sue!!  I know some other artists sometimes read my blog – I hope everyone will chime in – this could be very helpful to us all!  I am really looking forward to hearing from others too!  Yesterday I gave an overview of offline selling. Today is the overview of one type of online selling – the post got long enough to break the online selling into 2 days. After that I will talk about specifics. This real US postage from Zazzle showcases my vibrant, colorful Fanciful Animal Images painting of Freckles in Flowers II.

Freckles in Flowers II Postage © Diane Clancy

There are 2 basic ways I sell online. The way I originally started selling online was that I create the art and then sell the item to the customer directly (often through a store).  Once a customer chooses an item, they pay for that item and then I ship it directly to them.  Once they get the product, if they bought through a shop, often they will leave feedback (hopefully positive!) and I leave feedback too.

This is lovely to have the direct contact with the buyer.  They can contact or email me to ask questions beforehand.  They can ask if I can make a change if they want.  It is often very personal and friendly. This way I end up with their address and usually their email also.  If they don’t mind, I have a way to contact them when I do get around to creating my newsletter.

Depending on the shop, I can get paid in several different ways.  This could be another post sometime – there are multiple ways one can get paid – depending on the circumstances.  If people would like, I can write about that sometime soon. One benefit of getting paid this way is you get your money for the purchase relatively quickly.

If I sold the item through the shop, the store usually takes a percentage of the sale price.  In many shops there is also a listing fee.  Most of the different payment methods also charge a fee for the transaction.  These are some of the costs of doing business online.

One must also take the item to the post office (or know beforehand how much something costs to mail).  If something gets lost in the mail, it is your (the seller’s) problem.  Then you have to deal with the hassle and probably replace the item for free.  So you are also doing the customer service. BUT you are BUILDING a RELATIONSHIP with the customer – which everyone says is crucial to being a successful artist.

This is getting long enough that I am breaking this into 2 parts … I like reading shorter posts myself.  Tomorrow I will talk about the other way I do online selling. Thank you for stopping by!!

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This vibrant, colorful painting of Emma in Flowers I is now on a framed tile in my CafePress Shop.   Here is the link for Emma.  I think it is pretty cool – I hope you like it!  You can also get this at my Etsy Shop as a Fine Art Card for $4.  Emma is also available in butterflies and in many different sizes.  Just ask!

Emma in Flowers I Framed Tile © Diane Clancy

Since people are still buying functional items, I realized I can use some of my energy to create items in shops that you can use besides look at.  I think I might tackle shirts soon.  Any ideas?  Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see their blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!!Here is that other lion video I told you about the other day. This video is absolutely amazing!! If you loved that lion video I showed you before – and who didn’t? Then you will LOVE LOVE LOVE this video … it is utterly amazing … some of us have cried from the beauty. I know I could put the video here … but it slows things down more – so I wanted to link you to it. It will open in a new window.

Irie in Flowers, Digital © Diane Clancy

They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

~ Diane Clancy

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This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see their blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!!Here is that other lion video I told you about the other day. This video is absolutely amazing!! If you loved that lion video I showed you before – and who didn’t? Then you will LOVE LOVE LOVE this video … it is utterly amazing … some of us have cried from the beauty. I know I could put the video here … but it slows things down more – so I wanted to link you to it. It will open in a new window.

Emma in Flowers I, Digital © Diane Clancy

They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

~ Diane Clancy

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This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Here is that other lion video I told you about the other day. This video is absolutely amazing!! If you loved that lion video I showed you before – and who didn’t? Then you will LOVE LOVE LOVE this video … it is utterly amazing … some of us have cried from the beauty. I know I could put the video here … but it slows things down more – so I wanted to link you to it. It will open in a new window.

Matisse in Flowers, Digital © Diane Clancy

Right now there is a post about Preniptutuals and dog weddings – check it out! This is those great photos with the bears. There is a funny story about a bear today. Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see their blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! Here is a wonderful post about Polar Bears being designated endangered – check it out! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

~ Diane Clancy

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